The former global head of equity derivatives at Morgan Stanley in New York, Luc François, who left the US bank after a nine-month stint overseeing its equity derivatives business in January, is now heading the capital markets division at Natixis. SRP confirmed that François joined the French bank in mid-May as head of capital markets and became a member of the Natixis corporate and investment banking (CIB) executive committee. François is in charge of all the Natixis capital market activities